Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Saurocetes gigas

Mammalia - Cetacea - Iniidae

Taxonomy
Saurodelphis gigas was named by Cozzuol (1988). Its type specimen is MER. AS. 817 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Parana, Pueblo Brugo to Diamante, Ituzaingo Fm., which is in a Huayquerian marine sandstone/mudstone in the Ituzaingo Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Saurocetes gigas by Cozzuol (1996), Cozzuol (2010), Geisler et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Saurodelphis gigas Cozzuol p. 39 figs. Fig. 3 & Plate 1
1996Saurocetes gigas Cozzuol p. 331
2010Saurocetes gigas Cozzuol p. 206
2012Saurocetes gigas Geisler et al. p. 199

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
infraorderDelphinida
superfamilyInioidea
familyIniidae()
genusSaurocetes
speciesgigas()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Saurocetes gigas Cozzuol 1988
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Saurodelphis gigas (type locality: 55600)